According to a new report from Bloomberg, HTC has cancelled its plans to produce a "large-screen smartphone" that runs on Windows Phone 8 because of Microsoft's guidelines for the platform. An unidentified source told Bloomberg that Microsoft's software doesn't allow resolutions as high as Google's Android operating system. When the first rumors of HTC's Windows Phone 8 lineup were leaked, the Zenith was said to feature a pixel density similar to Apple's Retina display.

Bloomberg's source stated that HTC ultimately decided a Windows Phone 8 device featuring a large screen wouldn't be competitive against its own large-screen Android devices and those of Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers. Representatives from both Microsoft and HTC declined to comment on Bloomberg's report.